Six inmates in Polk County helped save an officer who passed out while monitoring a weekly work detail on a humid morning June 12.

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In a Facebook post, the Polk County Sheriff's Office detailed how the inmates grabbed the officer's work phone to call 911 and removed his vest to help him cool off. Emergency responders eventually arrived to care for the officer.

"When that happened, in my opinion, it wasn't about who is in jail and who wasn't," inmate Greg Williams told WLTX. "It was about a man going down and we had to help him."

The post includes a picture of a medal given to officers who saves another's life and says the office is "very proud" of the inmates' actions.

"They really stepped up in a time of crisis and show that they care about my officers," Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats said in an interview with WLTX. "That really speaks a lot about my officers too, how they treat these inmates. They treat them like people. Like family."

Polk County Sheriff's Office/Facebook

A medal given to Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies who help save another’s life. This was part of a Facebook post after a group of inmates helped save an officer who passed out in humidity.

The officer's family said thanks to the inmates by providing the inmates a pizza lunch.

Polk County Sheriff's Office/Facebook

Inmates in Polk County, Ga., were rewarded with a pizza lunch after helping to save an officer who passed out while working security at a work detail on June 12.

The incident came the same week two other Georgia inmates escaped by allegedly killing two prison guards before being captured in Tennessee.